Observations of a librarian and quiltmaker who values the connections between and among people and organizations.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
BOBbing along....
I made a list of five things to accomplish in my studio this weekend. As of last evening I finished them all!
* Label and attach hanging sleeves to my contributions to the Chicago-area librarian/quilters exhibit that starts at Northeastern Illinois University later this month (and will be at my library after that)
* Make the guild block-of-the-month (due at the August meeting)
* Make more hexagons for the ongoing English paper piecing (see last blogpost)
* Finish quilting the strippy scrap quilt I began earlier in June (all I had to quilt were the borders, then bind it; the flimsy was created a couple of years ago)
And
* Finish the BOB!
Word of explanation: the Sew Many Swaps group has an annual Bag of Blocks (BOB) swap. Participants send the hostess a bag of quilt blocks that they haven't gotten around to setting; the hostess swaps them out for someone else's bag of blocks. The challenge is to figure out a way to set the blocks and add a border or two. I got L's blocks: 10 of them. I couldn't arrange them in a way that pleased me, so I asked L if I could disassemble them. She said yes. The photos show the before and after.
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Your BOB disassembling/reworking is a masterpiece....very clever!
ReplyDeleteI love the transformation! (Sheila in Ohio; imagine two Sheilas posting?!)
ReplyDeleteooohh, nann, niiiiice! look terrific!
ReplyDeleteI really like the BOB thing. Nice, very nice work.
ReplyDeleteHello Nann.... its me, Helen from the 'Pies... just had to leave you a comment to say what a great job you have done with the BOB quilt - what a lovely transformation - smashing!
ReplyDeleteCheers
Helen